February 16, 2009

The Sounds of American English

The Sounds of American English is a web resources that has the following features for each of the consonants and vowels of American English:

A real-time Flash animated articulatory diagram of each consonant and vowel.

An annotated step-by-step description of how the sound is produced.

Video and audio of the sound spoken in context.

The navigation reflects the classification of consonants by manner, place or voicing and vowels.

Interactive diagram of the articulatory anatomy.

Comment: A useful resource for TEFL trainees or teachers who need to brush up what they learnt on their TEFL training course. Be honest, could you say what a voiced fricative lingua-dental consonant was? (See below for answer.)

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The Sounds of American English is a web resources that has the following features for each of the consonants and vowels of American English:

A real-time Flash animated articulatory diagram of each consonant and vowel.

An annotated step-by-step description of how the sound is produced.

Video and audio of the sound spoken in context.

The navigation reflects the classification of consonants by manner, place or voicing and vowels.

Interactive diagram of the articulatory anatomy.

Comment: A useful resource for TEFL trainees or teachers who need to brush up what they learnt on their TEFL training course. Be honest, could you say what a voiced fricative lingua-dental consonant was? (See below for answer.)